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Henry Sheffield was born about 1859 in Massachusetts, according to the marriage documents when he married Matilda Johns on July 18, 1881. In the 1880 census, there was a Henry T. Sheffield living nearby in San Pasqual. He was born in Massachusetts in 1859. In 1887 a Henry Sheffield appeared in the San Francisco city directory. He was a driver for Charles M. Hawes and lived on the southwest corner of Napa and Connecticut Streets. In 1889 Henry Sheffield registered to vote in San Francisco. He was a 31 year old driver born in Massachusetts. On February 4, 1889, Henry Sheffield, driver of a milk wagon died suddenly of pulmonary consumption. He had been living at Milk Ranch which was near 5 Mile House. Five mile house was a boarding house and saloon, As early as 1865 Five Mile House served drinks on the San Bruno Toll Road. It was located at the top of a ridge by Visitacion Valley and facing Bayview Hill. It was a popular stop for dairy workers to have a drink. He is buried at the mass re-interment site at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma. He had been buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Thirty five thousand people buried at Laurel Hill were moved to Cypress Lawn. |
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